Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  B85  ·  M 20  ·  NGC 6514  ·  Trifid Nebula
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The Trifid Nebula, Messier 20, Rick Veregin
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The Trifid Nebula, Messier 20

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The Trifid Nebula, Messier 20, Rick Veregin
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The Trifid Nebula, Messier 20

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This HII emission nebula is illuminated by the young, hot, massive class O stars in the associated open cluster. The blue reflection nebula lies in the same line of sight, but is not associated with the emission nebula.

This is my second take of M20, this type with my C9.25, about equal exposure to my previous image from my 6SE. This image is a 2x drizzled version from DSS.

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